Javier Calvo





Javier Calvo

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Also known as Javier Calvo Perales. Javier Calvo graduated in journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and studied comparative literature at Pompeu Fabra University. His first short-story compilation, Risas enlatadas (Canned Laughs, 2001), shows stylistic elements that differ extremely from those of contemporary Spanish narrative: sampling or movie snippets, manipulated quotes of other texts, compressed plots from other novels and an "open" conception of narration, taken from Free Cinema and the montage techniques of filmmakers such as Jean Eustache or John Cassavetes. Other influences, recognizable in this book are the English novel and the audiovisual world of cinema and television, with many of his short stories using the wor...more


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No puedo evitarlo: me fascinan los libros colectivos. Me fascina eso que tienen de criaturas de Frankenstein literarias, de reuniones de estilos y poéticas irreconciliables, aberraciones estéticas de donde a menudo emergen atmósferas confusas y mareantes. El arte de la cacofonía. Y por supuesto, en todos hay algo de combate de gladiadores, una búsqueda inevitable por parte del lector de los re... read more »
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Wonderful World: A Novel
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Corona de Flores
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El jardín colgante
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Suomenlinna
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El Dios Reflectante
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Los Rios Perdidos De Londre...
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Risas enlatadas
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I delitti della speranza
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Invasores de Marte
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